Background
Henket was born in Geldrop, Netherlands. He is the son of the Dutch architect Hubert-January Henket and the nephew of the Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen.
Henket was born in Geldrop, Netherlands. He is the son of the Dutch architect Hubert-January Henket and the nephew of the Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen.
After high school in the Netherlands, Henket moved to the States to take a documentary-film-making course at the New York Film Academy, followed by a three-month film course at the New York University film school. Shortly after, Henket got his start by interning for director Joel Schumacher. In 1999, he worked on the set of the film Flawless, starring Robert Deniro and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
He had a long-time collaboration with recording artist and producer Ryan Leslie.
He has worked with celebrities such as Anjelica Huston, Mary-Kate Olsen, Sir Ben Kingsley, Kristen Stewart and Lady Gaga for whose debut album "The Fame" Henket shot. In 2010, the iconic image was presented at the American Woman exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New New York
2016, exhibition "Dutch Identity" about Dutch portrait photography, at Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands
2013, Solo opening exhibition, "The Way I See lieutenant" at Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands
2011, Music Television Revue Economique:DEFINE’ at the Goss‐Michael Foundation in Dallas
2011, Exhibited at the Netherlands Film Festival in Stadsschouwburg
2010, Piece presented in the "American Woman" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
2010, "Fantastic Photography" exhibit at the Noorderlicht Photo Gallery in Groningen.